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吃藥

吃藥

See also: 吃药

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (吃藥)		吃	藥
simp. (吃药)		吃	药

Verb

吃藥

to take medicine
(slang) to take illicit drugs

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chīyào

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ joek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīyàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyaull
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ jaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ joek⁶
  - Yale: hek yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ joek⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jœːk̚²/